Dive Review of Avadon Divers in
Belize/Plancencia

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Avadon Divers, Dec, 2010, by sharon dickinson, KY, US ( 2 reports). Report 5878.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Avedon Divers has Newton 45 boat which has plenty of room for divers and snorkellers. Not to worry - snorkellers are dropped off at more practical snorkel sites close to shore. Anne-Marie is amazing, she and her brother Phillipe are from Jamaica, and really run a first class operation. Courteous, accomodating, reasonable, and professional. I am not a huge fan of 'day-boats', but they really assisted each person on an individual basis (we had a diver with a back injury and they were very helpful). They set up, transfer, and breakdown and clean all gear, even your personal gear. Plenty of fresh fruit, water, and great food on board. Philip is a sea lover and a very protective diver, making sure everyone is safe. However,once he assesses a divers skills, he certainly is very respectful of everyone's abilities. Although they are not the cheapest dive operator in Placencia, they are the most professionsl, offer the best service, and have fast and reliable boats, and I would highly recommend them to all experience levels. They do take out snorkellers as well but drop them at shallow sites near islands, which makes it a nice day if you are travelling with non-divers and want to spend time together. Anne-Marie is super personable and spreads out a nice breakfast in the morning for the dive ride out - coffee, tea, juice, breakfast baked goods. She adds a sunny demeanor even if the clouds are out. Lunch is either sandwiches or for three tank days, a wonderful hot meal with stew chicken and rice and beans and slaw, with Marie Sharp's hot sauce (of course!). Fresh cut fruit is abundant between dives. No one goes hungry. My only wish was that the weather was sunnier and the boat rides were shorter, but it was nice to dive pristine reefs. If you do not want long (1 hour plus) boat rides, do not choose Placencia for your land destination to stay! As far as dive sites, there were fewer larger fish due to the lionfish issue, however, we dove Ranguana, Pampion, and Turneffe. Dives were nice at all three locations, however,Turneffe was fantastic, and still featured large marbled and black grouper, amberjack and horse-eye jack and dog, yellow-tail, and mutton snapper, also mackeral and barracuda. There were hawksbill and green turtles. Also had a great spotting of the very rare and seldom seen white-spotted splendid toadfish which is exclusive to Turneffe - yee-ha! Plenty of shrimp, crabs, flamingo tongues, spotted eagle rays, sting rays, lobsters, and green and spotted eels. Some conchs, and cowries. Awesome coral formations for the caribbean, and nice anemones.
Websites	Avadon Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Micronesia, Thailand, everywhere Caribbean, Galapagos, Hawaiian Islands, Coastal USA (all), Fiji, Tahiti, etc, etc
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	75-80 Ft/ 23-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Just safe profile for day charter - very well organized, a bit regimented for the experienced, but were very accomodating once they assessed diver's skill level.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Avadon had fresh water rinse and fresh water tanks for cameras, plus also had a camera table. There was one on-site underwater photographer who was very personable and helpful.

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Dive Review of Avadon Divers in Belize/Plancencia

Avadon Divers, Dec, 2010,

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Dive Review of Avadon Divers in
Belize/Plancencia